Norman Kent (1903 - 1972)

Best known for his woodcuts and watercolors, Norman Kent was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology in 1925. He was awarded a full scholarship to the Art Students League in New York where he finished his studies under Leftwich Dodge and the noted woodcut artist Alan Lewis. Kent began his career as a Buffalo-based illustrator before teaching at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York. He served as the editor of American Artist magazine for over 25 years. His work has been collected by many museums and libraries, and a nearly complete collection of his woodcuts and linocuts is held by the Special Collections Department of the Lauinger Library at Georgetown University. Kent died at Rochester, New York.

Norman Kent (1903 - 1972)

Best known for his woodcuts and watercolors, Norman Kent was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology in 1925. He was awarded a full scholarship to the Art Students League in New York where he finished his studies under Leftwich Dodge and the noted woodcut artist Alan Lewis. Kent began his career as a Buffalo-based illustrator before teaching at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York. He served as the editor of American Artist magazine for over 25 years. His work has been collected by many museums and libraries, and a nearly complete collection of his woodcuts and linocuts is held by the Special Collections Department of the Lauinger Library at Georgetown University. Kent died at Rochester, New York.

Canal Boat

Linoleum cut, 1929; edition not stated. Image size 5½” x 5”; sheet size 9” x 5½”. Initialed in the block, and published by The Print Connoisseur, New York, Volume IX Number 4, October, 1929. A fine impression in very good condition.

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December

Woodcut, ND, edition of 15. Image size 4” x 4½”; sheet size 6-5/8” x 8-3/4”. Numbered, titled, and signed by the artist in the lower margin. Very good condition overall. Two small spots outside of image area, tape remnants at upper corners.

$195

Determined

Woodcut, ND, edition unknown. Image size 4-7/8” x 6¼”; sheet size 8-1/8” x 10-3/8”. Initialed in the block, numbered "No. 2", titled, and signed by the artist in the lower margin. Very good overall condition, with tape remnants at upper corners and faint staining lower left portion of image.

Woodcut, 1929, edition not stated. Initialed in the block. Image size 5-3/8” x 7¼”; sheet size 5½” x 9”. Published in The Print Connoisseur, New York, Volume IX Number 4. Very good condition.

$125

Peace

Woodcut, ND, edition of 50. Image size 8” x 6-1/8”; sheet size 14” x 11”. Initialed in the block. Numbered 3/50, titled, and signed by the artist in the lower margin. A fine impression on very good overall condition, with tape remnants at top corners on the reverse of the sheet.

Woodcut, 1929, edition not stated. Initialed in the block. Image size 5-3/8” x 7¼”; sheet size 5½” x 9”. Published in The Print Connoisseur, Volume IX, Number 4, October 1929. Very good condition.

$125

Winter Day

Woodcut, edition of 25, date unknown. Initialed in the block. Image size 6¼” x 5¼”; sheet size 10-3/8” x 8”. Numbered 9/25, titled, and signed in pencil by the artist in the lower margin. Very good overall, with minor spotting well outside the image area and cellophane tape remnants at the upper corners.